Picture-mounting device



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UNITED STATES ALBERT W. ENGEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PICTURE-"WOUN'IING DEVICE.

Application led May 22, 1922.

To all 'whom t mcqz/ concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT 1V. ENGEL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and the State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pict-ure-Mounting Devices, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The purpose of this invention is to provide an improved device forsecuring photographs or other pictures and cards upon a mat, card, orother mount in a convenient and ornamental manner, particularly if such,pictures are provided with a margin or border of appreciable width. Itconsists inthe features of construction shown and described, and as setforth'in the claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a face or plan view of a mounting deviceembodying this invention.

'Figure 2 is a face view showing the device appliedto one corner of acard or picture.

Figure 3 is a face view showing the device differently applied to onecorner of a card or picture. l

Figure 4 is a face view similar to Figure l, showing a slightly modifiedform of the mounting device.

Like the picture mounting devices of my previous patents, such as PatentNo. 1,386,- 771, dated August 9, 1921, the present in vention is in thenature of a corner fitting of sheet material such as cloth or papergummed on one surface and provided with a slit through which the cornerof the card or picture is inserted in applying the mounting devicethereto, so that a part of the gummed area may be secured to the outerface of the card while the remaining area of the mounting device issecured to the mount itself. In the drawings, Figure lVV illustrates acorner fitting, A, of this na ture which is of angular outline and isespecially designed for use with pictures having either plain orornamental marginal areas or borders of sufiicient width to receive thatportion of the mounting device which is to be gummed to the surface ofthe picture without requiring this part of the device to overlap any ofthe picture area proper. For this purpose the angular 0ut line of thefitting, A, includes a re-entrant angle formed between its adjacentsides, 1

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and 2, and preferably a right angle, since nearly all pictures ofangular outline are rectangular. The opposite outer sides or edges ofthe fitting', A, are designated at il and 4, respectively, andpreferably also form a right angle so that when the device is ap pliedas shown in Figure 2, said edges, f3 and 4, will coincide with the outeredges, B and B4, respectively of the picture card.

Preferably' about midway between the inner and outer angular outlinesthe fitting. A, has a right angular slit composed of the main portions,6 and 7, and transverse terminal portions, 8 and 9, communicatingrespectively with the main portions of the slits at their outer ends,that is, remote from the apex of their angle. Then the fitting, A, isformed with rounded corners, 10, the terminal slits, 8 and 9, mayconnect with the main slits, 6 and 7, in curves, 11, so that when thefitting is applied as shown in Figure 2, these curves, 11, become partsof the outline of the visible portion of the fitting. Figure 2 isintended to illustrate a card or picture whose marginal area or border,B, is comparatively narrow, but still wide enough to accommodate thatportion of the fitting, A, between its outer edges, 3 and 4, and theslit. Thus the area, C, of the picture proper is not overlapped by thefitting, and the latter adds an ornamental touch to the border, B. Theterminal slits. 8 and 9, extend outwardly from the main portions, 6 and7, of the slit by exactly the distance between said portions of the slitand the outer edges, 3 and 4, of the fitting: thus they serve to stopthe fitting on the picture card with its outer edges, 3 and 4,registered directly over the edges of the card. Obviously the fittingmust have some material extending outwardly beyond the ends of theslits, S and 9, and this is furnished by tabs or lugs, 12. which thusproject from the respective sides of the :mgular outline.

When the border area is somewhat wider. as shown at D, in Figure 3, thefitting may be applied by inserting the corner of the card through theslit from the under or gummed surface of the fitting', A, instead of inthe manner indicated in Figure 2. This renders the area of the fittingbetween the slit and the re-entrant angle of its outline visible on theouter surface of the card, while the remaining area adjacent the edges,3 and 4, will lie under the card with said edgesY registeredwith theedges, D3 and D4, respectively, which meet to form said corner. A, thusadds anV ornamental touchk to the border, D, Without overlapping thepicture area, E, as seen in Figure 3.

Figure 4L illustrates a modiiied design, A1, of the fitting in which thelugs or tabs, l5, are made with rectangular corners instead ofrounded',.and in Which the terminal slits, 8 and 9, meet the mainportions, 6aA and Ta, of the slit sharply at right angles, asshoivn at16'. Consistently ywith this design, the corners, 17,V are maderectangular instead of rounded, as in Figure 1'; but the use andoperation of the fitting is exactly similar to that already described.

l. A picture mounting device consisting of a corner ittingof sheetmaterial gummed upon one surface forsecurement' partly to one corner ofthe picture and partlyto a mount therefor, andy for that purpose havingan angular slit with trans-verse terminal portions extending away fromthe enclosed angle at the opposite ends of' the slit respectively.

2'. In a picture mounting device, as deiined inclaim l, the angle ofsaid slit being a right angle.

3. In a picture 'mounting device as deiined' in claim l, the angle ofSaidislit being a right angle and its terminalfportions extendingrespectively at` right angles to the main portions of the slit fromwhich they7 lead'.

4f. A picture mounting device as defined in claim l, having an outlinewhich includes a re-entrant angle pointingiinto the angleo the slit.

The visible portion of the fitting,

in a re-entrant angle which points into the angle of the slit. p

7'. In a picture mounting device as dieiined in claim l, the angle ofthe slit being a right angle and the lit-ting having aright angularoutline Wit-h tabs or lugs extending therefrom opposite the*Y endsoiisaid! transverse terminal portions of the slit.

A 8'. In combination With a rectangular card orpicture, a mountingdevice consisting ofl a corner fittingl of sheet material gummedA uponone surface for securement .Y

partly t'o the cardV and partly to'themount, said fitting havinganoutline Wliichin'cludes two-sides meeting at right; angles to registerwith the corner outline of the card, being formed With a slithavingoutwardlyextend ing terminal portions which lie'respec'tive V ly atright angles to the edges of' the card inserted in them, thel fitting'-includ'ing tabs or lugs projecting respectively from its aforesaid sidesbeyond the ends of said terminal portions or" the slit for securement ito the mount.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois,this 17th day of May, 1922.

,ALBERTy W. iniciar..v

